Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Ethiopia

Number of mobile subscriptions in Ethiopia in 2024 — 85,947,810 subs. Ranked 22 in the world out of 151.

2024 85.95M subs +11.54% vs 2023
World rank 22of 151
Period maximum 85.95M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Ethiopia, 1960–2024025M50M75M100M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0 subs1965: 0 subs1970: 0 subs1975: 0 subs1976: 0 subs1977: 0 subs1978: 0 subs1979: 0 subs1980: 0 subs1981: 0 subs1982: 0 subs1983: 0 subs1984: 0 subs1985: 0 subs1986: 0 subs1987: 0 subs1988: 0 subs1989: 0 subs1990: 0 subs1991: 0 subs1992: 0 subs1993: 0 subs1994: 0 subs1995: 0 subs1996: 0 subs1997: 0 subs1998: 0 subs1999: 6,740 subs2000: 17,757 subs2001: 27,500 subs2002: 50,369 subs2003: 51,324 subs2004: 155,534 subs2005: 410,630 subs2006: 866,700 subs2007: 1,208,498 subs2008: 1,954,527 subs2009: 4,051,703 subs2010: 6,854,000 subs2011: 14,126,659 subs2012: 20,523,889 subs2013: 25,646,865 subs2014: 30,490,000 subs2015: 42,311,629 subs2016: 51,224,000 subs2017: 39,600,000 subs2019: 41,920,000 subs2020: 44,500,000 subs2021: 64,500,000 subs2022: 71,424,280 subs2023: 77,053,989 subs2024: 85,947,810 subs
Change over the period: +85.95M

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ethiopia

Ethiopia 85.95M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 85.95M +8.89M +11.54%
2023 77.05M +5.63M +7.88%
2022 71.42M +6.92M +10.74%
2021 64.5M +20M +44.94%
2020 44.5M +2.58M +6.15%
2019 41.92M
2017 39.6M −11.62M −22.69%
2016 51.22M +8.91M +21.06%
2015 42.31M +11.82M +38.77%
2014 30.49M +4.84M +18.88%
2013 25.65M +5.12M +24.96%
2012 20.52M +6.4M +45.28%
2011 14.13M +7.27M +106.11%
2010 6.85M +2.8M +69.16%
2009 4.05M +2.1M +107.3%
2008 1.95M +746,029 +61.73%
2007 1.21M +341,798 +39.44%
2006 866,700 +456,070 +111.07%
2005 410,630 +255,096 +164.01%
2004 155,534 +104,210 +203.04%
2003 51,324 +955 +1.9%
2002 50,369 +22,869 +83.16%
2001 27,500 +9,743 +54.87%
2000 17,757 +11,017 +163.46%
1999 6,740 +6,740
1998 0 +0
1997 0 +0
1996 0 +0
1995 0 +0
1994 0 +0
1993 0 +0
1992 0 +0
1991 0 +0
1990 0 +0
1989 0 +0
1988 0 +0
1987 0 +0
1986 0 +0
1985 0 +0
1984 0 +0
1983 0 +0
1982 0 +0
1981 0 +0
1980 0 +0
1979 0 +0
1978 0 +0
1977 0 +0
1976 0 +0
1975 0
1970 0
1965 0
1960 0

About the indicator

The number of active mobile cellular subscriptions. Subscriptions are counted, not people: one person can hold several SIM cards, and in countries where calls within a network are cheaper than calls between networks this is ordinary practice. That is exactly why the same indicator per hundred people in this catalog often runs above a hundred and fifty, and why the absolute series is easier to read: it speaks of the size of the market, not of the penetration of service.

Important: Subscriptions, not subscribers. Machine-to-machine connections — meters, cars, sensors — are counted differently from country to country.

Source: ICT Indicators (ITU), license ITU terms of use.